G-20 Leaders Back a Plan to Spur Global Growth

SYDNEY—Finance leaders from the world's biggest economies called for support from central banks and private-sector infrastructure spending to help spur growth, reverting to the global economy's playbook of recent years in an effort to safeguard a fragile recovery.

Group of 20 officials ended their summit this weekend saying they would look to boost world growth by more than $2 trillion over the next few years under a strategy crafted by the International Monetary Fund. Officials spent the weekend exploring ways to...